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Telegram-herald., 1887-02-23
Last NIGHTS Balls

The A. =. C. Club gave their first mas
cue ade bal at the Germania iiai last
evening. il Vas the financial success
OF the season. over $50 couples were in
attendance and The hal and gallery wa
crowded 70 su1ocaJon. Excellent music
was furnished by Porter orchestra and the
costumes were very handsome.
The Turn Nereiu gave their annual bail
al Aroeiter Hall last evening IL was a
masquerade and over 100 couple were pre-
seEt. The costumes were the finest seen
this season and the c0iulcA- ones
created much amusement Tor the
spectators. Among tnem might
be mentioned Tie "pr0hibitoIist' with e.
tea kettle On his head and -Icking his beer
through q straw the "oiC rye" enshroused
in q bafrel of the Ole stun. the youth with
? chamber set fcT a head gear, the High
lander the COwoOy three iiitie maids from
school, iairie. goddess o.. liberty and many
others, all eiegan. ia design TIE "thlec
41ls maids from school wer. tne bellies of
'l- rEit.
ZONES Ri5ts. so. e .-a.,s rie..
-ut tsurIa -affr ftr. n~v .fn., a.
fe-i. p. ~uiea s4tl..I- no. rffr i..-tIr
sff@"Hsi 49, ~ ~ 1tt..e s..+f.
Telegram-herald., 1887-02-23

4 Grocer Cenfsss~. 60 ewing CouinN
sions 60 iss OanE


sions 60 tas OanE
Cla,aeo feb 24-ii ). stated bt the
Na3 ths morning thsf fi.ls A Eo.n
sou. the sraeeyman vh' hss been ss.aas
foods % Use county Institutions iof s.He
wears past. has confessed tlat 81 made 0ll
hlls at very handsome msrfu a-7
malt. Irees aud ai-o et.ia.a0l fas
county in other r4ss H.s barrels oi sugar
en tht bils were iutausllt lssner ta.a
otaef eIoc.rs were sac.saucl ta hsna o.
and b. neNes deducted arF t-fe a.. h.I
BEL. oi sylup or the blls contained more
gallons Shan coN'i g. ha slt clten hfft
Suu sll tie .oois he i.rllshS1 rgfc lufrta.
cc or the t.lis iu we.4ht ana nlAoel-
Robinson states that hs went nto ltIs
sniulhrr business lrom conclusion. Al
FIRST he only made presents 20 tne menhrf+
ol The county ring .n oraer g. bold tne Ocu-
tract iOF turt lshlns suppiie5 io the la1il-
Institutions. but rnaly commissions were
eKaclod iI0m tim Dv zoe gang l'Ifse
commissions were for r ume freed a. zen
lcr cent b-l Ia. }car 'lls was faists I'D ~
pef cent. oI eacl l.4. sons ~ iht come
ln .sion. ~ ere l1 high 81 Iala st one
time and ln tle Aggregate Wi. nMpah. 10
thousands of dollars Ar Robinson ias
given the names ot t.e patat1 to whom he
raio ihe commissions as We. as le dave
dates aud amounts Tire HaN fays Ihe
been usnei over % the states attorney g.
Lua0ua.ed v fhe Mos. imul.iau' evidence
the prosecution VIII srtUre. Robinson
wil Be c0riabOrsted ~ other couirs. sis
who furnished other Eues of goods .f
divided ~ TIC same way
Telegram-herald., 1887-02-23

spAiHefalo ils. fe3 Memorial
services ID hono- of General John A loean
and Judge David DAVIS were held n the
House chamber this afternoon. The esi
leros were uN of people long before the
opening hour 81 the services Tie orstous
were intersuersed with band music and
singing by qusrtettes oi voices from Qaiucv
and Hnrlnr.nIt
Telegram-herald., 1887-02-23
Ferguson and the ,l.he-ie.

Lo'Do> feb 22.-in tbe House Of Cou-
mons tonight SIT j. Ferguson Under Sec
rctary Of Foreign Affairs declined 10 ex-
plain the tenor of the official dispatch re-
ceiyol from The Canadian 6oEtrument
suggesting a Nata .r.f bob the fisheries
dispute II also made be anf ,uucemeuf
thst ile number oi French posts ia tAe
Nsw Iebudls would oe reduced
Telegram-herald., 1887-02-23
WASHINGTON GRIST
10 9llt t'I {,8 HIS g.IgasO3



t-e lessons iet es .n t.e Wa Depart.
neaf steeas tatsa aa-s. lae letter sas
- Ias Anfrala laa1on .snmn.ss
As4ass 't.a tas s'ea. sere isit be..rs
lae -euats 's4l ss.ls .4s leas-oa 1ils
ia tt.hel AnA feraaat and ia-8b allh
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tau tar.l. a rl. l.uslsl 3l.ce.-ais1 fef..
- u-.l lsf ls-.l 70 tAlte. on ile sr9au1
" at.4arf "a tls.tl.fy Referred.
81 t-latf1n .foia Coast Deisus.s. report.
81 fae ffs station authorizing iuat c3muut.
4rf ta faEt tge al3nF 4Hrua fue recess sn1
1f A.lsa1 fom Appropriations reported
sY.-l4H tKfis tae hotr. 90 tae ,s.siont
irTl 81 q m ~ q p. m Both resolutions
were .. u.ef
fs..f.t- lester was submitted by tne Pre-
e. as oa.s-
-lHt-. aa.. " O.. Inasi states
seasee Hs na sl "a. President rfo
teal. ui he -.ua.l 4AI a-.esssTls te.mia-.
on iA. i'a g.. March ur1t " % nlf pn.s-
.nt tfu as ctnct1F. vii pfo.ao o.
tnr ffn entrnre oi tht --tIa.e cos tae Ia1-
ne >ersce to ele,t es4tiof as ir..iaeaf
$40 ten whose Germ ss t1.a aavrui fnas
ual~ $50 ,ua- he inay a1aAniSlel tue oath ~
e.lt. 10 senators. .elrci aud aih in tne ofca.
30 tl1n .Lsrfto-s stsltltluiy resign
pthat position 10 take effect az o'clock q. "a.
bon Saturday February 80 Permit mr. in
doing 10 ~ t1p ess Hls heaft-leil tlanks
tor the Uniform courtesy and foTbearauce
shown m while ln toe discharge oi my
duuea as Presiding officer by every memher
ot the Senate.
Very truly yours
JoHN -nEavtN.
Tho communication was ordered place q
Ou u.e
Mr. laddleoe-1er offered q resolu.i on di-
recuuE ihg publication oi aii the p04er- aIl
documents on tae Senate uies relating %
the rejection of the nomination oi jas. G.
Matthews aa Recorder oi Dcens l0g the Dls-
uic' oi Columbia lie wanted the reasons
.ef hs vote neainst Continuation, 10 "a
before his constituents. He uld no. sub.
seuhe 10 either of the reasons assigned oy
some gentlemen ana portion OF the pres
fnr o. DON Ot Matthews ilis reason
vas a. .sts ha- been preferred against
Npttht- . lhe elect tbat he hao volr go
coloreo lneu employed on public ba'iliDs
M Albany ana had ttae4ieue1 them aliA
discharge unless they voiced q o1riair ticket
Mr. harr,s SAID be would chrerilliy vote
Tor the -fsOiulscn hut -. to the cuaf le re-
ierreG 60, 1t had been investigated hy thc
senator Rom hansa- ST.. Ingalls, and
himself ana they aad found that there Was
not the slightest foundation - t-e charges
Mf kcGiepSi-cr sli4 Le 4.. beeA .u
iorned oy tue tleirmaA Oh the District
Committee ihAt no evidence j. the malier
had been taken
Mr Harris said thai not only hal t'c
eFl-ence been taken and reduce u writing
bui the mauuscript oft had been ieli on
the Se1alors liiddlenercer's own desk
NJ. kidclebereer persisted H. declaring bis
ignorance az aNr N.ffl ffsffrlnur having
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Origin Of Strong Liquors.

Strong liquors are modern invention.
The ancients knew nothing moro power
full than lightly fcrmentcd wines, and
have left warnings enough OF the abuse
of them. Alcohol was not discovered
till the seventh century, although an
older story exists Of monk, Marcus,
who collected and condensed in wool tho
steam of heated whitc-winc, and then
pressed out from the wool balsam
which he applied to the wounds of those
who fell at the siege of rheims, in tho
reign of Clovis I. lie also mixed this
balsam with honey, and produced cor
dial which brought the moribund back
to life. Clovis, however, did not wait
for the approach of death before claim
ing his share of the cordial. According
to DR.. Stanford Chaille, the disti!lation
of spirits from wine was not discovered
till the twelfth century, and spirits did
not come into common use as drink!
until the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven
teenth ccntmies.-Popular Silence lNonth-
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Points of Experiments.

Experiments of uncommon interest
were made by the West of England So
ciety on twenty -one farms, in thirteen
different and distant counties, to test in
broad fields the results attained on q
small scale at Rothamsted and Woburn.
DR.. Lawe's teachings have been corrob-
grated wholly, so far as these trials went.
They show that (1) good clover crop
renders artificial manures unnecessary and
improbable. (2) But after grain crops
or bare tallow nitrogenous manure be-
comes profitable. (3 Mineral manures
alone have given poor results, but are
useful with nitrogen. (4) AS q means of
supplying this, nitrate of soda has done
rather better than sulphate of ammonia.
(5) No application of barnyard manure
has equaled the artificial manures, when
considered wholly in the one first year
of application. (6) The influence of
lining remains variable and uncertain.
(7) Wheat especially requires nitrogen.
The formidable clover-sickncss which
has been puzzle to everybody is said to
be likely to become prcvcntable through
Miss Ormcrod's entomologic researches.
A complete series of observations are to
be made on this point during the season.
-Ne,o York Ifajune.
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Recipes.

hec1p IS.
SOFT MoLAssEs CAKE. One cup but
ter, one pint molasses, one pint -four, half
pint milk, two eggs, one tablespoonful
ginger, two tcaspoonfuls soda; flour
enough to make notquite as stiff as cup
cake. Bake in moderate oven.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Cook one chicken
until tender, then chop fine / head of
cabbage, and 5 cold hard boiled eggs;
season with salt, pepper and mustard a;
warm pint of vinegar, add half tea
cup of butter, stirring until melted; pour
hot over the mixture, stir all thoroughly
and set away to cool.
SALAD.-One can of salmon, or the
same amount of any cold fish, either
boiled or baked, and from which remove
the skin and bones; chop, when cold,
8 large boiled potatoes and mix with
the fish; rub smooth the yolks of B hard
boiled eggs, season with pepper, salt and
mustard, and 2 tablespoons OF cream and
1 of vinegar; pour this dressing over the
fish and potatoes.
POTATOES small potatoes, wash
and scrape, and put them in saucepan
Of cold water; bring them to a boil,
drain, then wipe with clean cloth; put
the potatoes and tablespoons of butter
in the fryingpan and cook 20 minutes /;
when they commence to brown, turn
them occasionally so as to brown on all
sides alike; strain off the butter, sprinkle
with salt, and serve in hot dish.
BAKED OR Sn1RRED EeGs.--Break
them into buttered pudding dish, or
better still If you have the small oval
vegetable dishes that will just hold two,
they will be found much handler to
serve. Put bit of butter and little
pepper and salt on each, or on the top of
tho larger dish, if all are to be cooked
together. und place them in hot oven.
As soon as the whites are stiffencd, which
will be in ten minutes or less, they are
done.
FoRCE-MEAr BALL.-Take some lean
veal, pound it in a mortar, then rub it
through a sieve with little butter; put
in saucepan LITTLE chopped parsley
and onion, add some bread crumbs and
milk, and stew gently uutil the onion is
cooked; put throu. b sieve and let get
cool; then add the yo!lls of 3 or hard
boiled eggs; season with pepper and salt,
and the yolks of few RAJ eggs; oil into
small balls and add to soup 10 minutes
before serving. Everything must be
chopped very fine.
SPONGE CAKE.-Pour one cup boiling
water over two cups sugar; separate the
yolks and whites of four eggs and heat
both well. the whites to a stiff froth; add
the yolkst to the sugar and hot water,
beating quickly, then two cups flour, III
which one and half tcaspoonfuis baking
powder have been sifted; and a small
pinch of salt and one tcaspoonful lemon
extract. Lastly, add the whites of the
eggs, mixing as lightly as possible; bake
in quick oven.
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Uncle Sans Money Orders.

The Money Order Department of the
New York Postotlice opens at 10 A. NJ.
There is always rush at the opening,
and the line of applicants waiting fol-
money orders and postal notes stretched
along the entire length of the room and
out Of the doors into the corridor. An
officer does his best to expedite matters
By inquiring of each his or her particular
business. Inside the railing John Fran
cisco scratches away with his pen
like mad. Having flied out the money
order or postal note, he fills out u blank
with the amount of order or note and
the fee, which blank he hands 10 the APP
plicant.
The latter takes it to the next window,
where he hands in the money and the
blank and receives from the taller the
order or note Matters are expedited now
by making the postal note payable ut any
money order Office in the United States.
The limitation of postal notes to Sums
under $5 makes great deal Of writing
and also much trouble for remitters.
Very few persons have occasion to send
$500 through the mail, while very many
wish to remit s. at a time. The latter
are obliged to get an order for 81. 90 and
inclose cent with it.
About 300 persons apply each day for
money orders and postal notes.
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in the nitrogenous element necessary to
promote growth. As the pigs advance
in size and fat is more desirable than
growth. more cornmcal is added. This
makes the food more carbonaceeus and
causes the hogs to lay on more fat.
In some experiments made at the
Mass ,chusctts agricultural experimental
station counting corn meal at S2S per
ton and buttcrmik at lG cents per 100
pounds-it was found that pound OF
pork, fed at first on a slop, made of -
ounces of corn meal for every gallon OF
buttcrmilk, cost but 4.G cents; but that
after gradually increasing the corn meal
until it reached within a fraction of two
pounds of the meal to each gallon of the
buttermilk, the cost of making a pound
of pork amounted to 5.13 cents. This
latter was in the coolest part of the
winter, and it was thought that the
difference in temperature (rcquiring, as
it did, a more carbonaccous food ac'
counted in a great measure for the diff
ference in the cost of the pork. k.-BHt.
more San.
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Cough i'm Sheep.

A cough may be due to indigestion
from eating dry feed Or to worms in the
lungs and air passages. The case must
be treated according to the nature of the
complaint. If the sheep are costlve and
are fed on dry heritage dose of two
ounces of raw linseed oil may be given
and the feed changed; small quantity OF
linseed meal will be useful change. If
the feeding is all right then the presence
of lung worms (St,vnggl"s .flario) may
be suspected and the treatment should
be as follows: Dissolve in quart of lin
seed tea two ounces of powdered sulphate
of iron, add pint of turpentine and one
ounce of ginger, put the mixture in a
bottle and shake until ar emulsion is
formed and the turpentine is thoroughly
mixed with the liquid. Give one table
spoonful to a sheep in the morning one
hour before feeding and repeat daily for
three days; then stop for three days and
then repeat. If necessary 60 on this way
until the cough disappears.-New York
Times
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Useful Hints.

In putting the covers on fruit cans do
not wait till the cans are cold.
4 granite iron kettle may be made
bright by boiling small quantity OF
borax in it.
Keep the fon barrel raised few
inches from the floor, so that the air may
circulate underneath.
When you have the woodwork in a
room painted, it is good plan to have
about two inches of the floor painted also :;
have the paint the same color rs that OF
the Dashboard; then if, when changing
carpet, the carpet will not come close to
the wall, the little space left will not be
so unsightiy.
Sweet oil will sometimes remove rust
from steel, and kerosene is even better.
When an article is deeply rusted it may be
necessary to reno e the rust by mechan-
ical means, such as rubbing with fine
emery powder and oil or fine emery paper.
Badly rusted tools may hc clcansed by
securing them with emery moistcned
with sulphuric acid diluted with six parts
of water, Immediately rinsing well anil
drying them and finishing off with oil
and emery flour.
six articles should be washed In tepid
water with suds of white CASTLE SOAP.
DO not rub or wiring them. Handle them
as you would nice laces i'll washing
Rinse in clear, cold water and press the
water out hy placing them in clean dry
oHcl or cloth and Gaping between the
hands until almost dry; then lay in shape
and place in dry cloth unde.' heavy
weight. When entirely dry rub lightly
with a piece of dry flannel to give nice
finish. Of course some delicate shades
are not intended to be washed any more
than dainty colored silk dress.
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The Weed Problem.

In paper read before the last annual
meeting of the Society for the Promotion
of Agricultural Science, DR.. E. Lewis
Sturtevant offered a few reflections con-
cerning the weed problem. He first pre-
sented few facts oe experimental de-
monstration:
l. That where weeds are allowed to
grow freely the crops may be absolutely
destroyed. In the case of corn, the
plants appear yellow, wilted, fail to at
tain proper size and fail to form good
ears, and the same phenomena may be
noted with other crops.
2. The amount of fertility removed by
weeds is not sufficient to establish the
conclusion that the injury comes from
the robbing of the soil and thus starving
the plant. Furthermore. if such were
the case, the application of additional
manures to offset the robbery Of the
weeds would destroy their malign effect.
8. Weeds are not destructive through
shading the ground, as experiment shows
that mulches applied do not produce the
same effect. If, however, we consider
the enormous amount of water evapo-
rated by these weeds during their
growth, the necessity of additional water
to soil in an ordinary season during the
hot months, and the appearance of the
crop which indicates suffering from
thirst, the conclusion becomes almost
certain that the ill-effect of weeds is
largely due to their robbing the crop of
proper moisture through their draughts
upon the soil.
As interesting confirmatory evidence
as to this being the true view of the weed
question the testimony of vincyardists
was quoted. some of whom advocate
allowing weeds to grow in their vine
yards, while others advocate clean cul-
ture. Personal inquiry, says DR.. Sturte.
want, demonstrates the general fact that
those gentlemen who advocate the leaving
of weeds in their vineyards have lands
which are not subject to excessive
drought, while those who advocate clean
culture have usually reported their soil
as very permcable to water. When we
consider that during the period of ripen-
ing of the wood and of the berry in the
grape, dryness is an important factor
both in securing the ripening and in
securing the qualities, we have at once a
plausible explanation. Those gentlemen
who advocate the allowing of weeds to
grow arc thus exhausting the surplus
water of the soil injurious to their inter
ests as vineyardists, while on the other
hand those gentlemen who advocate the
thorough removal of weeds are conserv
ing the water to the soil which does not
contain it in excess Of the needs of their
occupation.
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Left His Money to the Crown Prince

A wealthy F-enchman named Bellar-
din, who died lately, bequeathed his
whole fortune, amounting to several mill
ion francs, to the German Crown Prince.
This he did to acccntuate the violent ha-
tr, d of his own countrymen, which some
how or other had taken possession of his
breast. But the Crown Prince refused to
profit by such motive and therefore de-
rlined the Frenchman's legacy. Among
the other reasons which had brought NJ.
Bcllardin to loathc his compatriots was
the fact that he had been imprisoned for
some act of personal violence, and it was
when lying in Jail that he changed his will
in favor of the heir to the German Crown.
The intentions 0: the tcstator were COM
municated through the French Ambassa-
dor and the Foreign Office here to the
princcly lcgatce, who, however, has
waived his right to this cruel inheritance.
-L9mlon Time>.
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SauerkraHt an Explosive.

It may not be generally known that
sauerkraut is dangerous explosive. A
Philadelphia kraut maker, who is cutting
up !, 1000 cabbages day, and probably
knows what he is talking about, says: "If
tank of kraut is scaled when too fresh
there is sure to he trouble. A cask of
gunpowderis hardly more dangerous than
a tightly-corked barrel of saucrkraut. AS
the stuff ferments it swells, and if vent is
not furni he'd there is an explosion that
shakes the foundation of the store and
frightcns the ife half out Of the store
keeper, while the neighbors raise a cry of
adynamitc a plot. Seriously, sauerkraut
is dangerous article to handle. If were
a fiery Anarchist l wou d be inclined to
adopt it as IN instrument of destruction.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

Hogs should always have dry and
warm place to lie in. They do not want
a great mass of straw, in which they will
crawl to get hot and steam, and then
when they come out get chilled, bat an
arnful of straw to remain day or two
and then to be thrown oIt and mixed
with the manure.
In the course of alvice to small dairy.
men, writer saws that butter made from
perfectly sweet cream will not retain its
keeping qualities as that where the cream
is allowed to become slightly acid. Ii
should be kept thoroughly stirred whilo
gathering enough for churning, and
churned at temperature of sixty de-
grees in winter and tifty-eight degrees
in summer.
There is no animal on the farm that
more appreciates dry clean quarters than
pig. They will thrive better, fat:cn
faster, be more healthy, and make better
food if cared for as they ought to be. 1t
is proper enough to allow them to run
on the horse manure where large guam
titles of bedding arc used, but requiring
them to wallow in filth is downright
cruelty.
When farming tools are not in use
thew should be housed and protected
from the weather, and yet how negligent
are many farmers in this regard, leaving
valuable implements exposed for weeks
to the weather and the destructive in.
fuences of its agencies. Just a little at
tcntion to these matters will be the means
of saving many dollars in the farmers
lifetime.
Pretol, celebrated French veterinary
surgeon, considers that we carry the
grooming of horses to excess, and to
make them delicate. He does not ad-
vocate neglect of cleanliness, but thinks
that too much excitement Of the skin
makes the horses susceptible to catching
diseases by destroying the equilibrium
which ought to reign between the
functions. There is little doubt that
many of our city horses are injured by
being pampered and ovcr-groomed.
Few men of discretion, observes the
Huhlndman, fail to appreciate the adj
vantage of regular rest day, one in
seven. The farmer values it for himself
and for his work animals. The reasons
for it, aside from religious considerations,
are many and weighty. This respite TO,
one day in seven gives an elasticity and
vigor that produces better results in work
than comes from the slavish drag and
drudgery OF the life that is borne down
by constant, uninterrupted burden.
When horses have been idle some time,
as they too often are on many farms, il
requires careful feeding to get them In
condition for working. 1t is not uncom-
mon to grain heavily, thus overlooking
stomachs weakened by poor or insult
fcicnt food, and making a bad matter
worse. A horse is not fitted but rather
untitled for work by being fed peck OF
oats just before. This is task for his
stomach which requires mcs; of his
strength. If driven or worked hard be-
sides the horse will be thrown into diar'
rhra, getting rid of the loads on the
stomach not only without receiving any
strength from it, but making it a source
of positive weakness.
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Sheep Dairying.

A Holland paper states that the pro.
duction of sheep butter and milk Is
becoming quite an industry in that coun-
try. 1t says that in the eastern part OF
the province of Drenthe (Netherlandsl
many Friesian mich sheep are kept,
principally by small farmers and day
faborcrs. OF late butt.'r has been male
from the milk OF these sheep, which is
said to be always of whittier color than
that made from cows milk, is of good
flavor, but has swecter taste. This
butter is not sold on the market as yet,
but if little good butter color is mixed
with 1t, it will be preferred, and that
quite soor, to much of the butter made
from cows milk by the dairymen of
breathe.